Ganthela xianyouensis, 2015

Xu, Xin, Liu, Fengxiang, Chen, Jian, Li, Daiqin & Kuntner, Matjaž, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of the primitively segmented spider genus Ganthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae): DNA barcoding gap agrees with morphology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (2), pp. 288-306 : 301-302

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12280
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10543361
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038387E0-FFBC-6B37-FCDC-FC4C4EF2FBB9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ganthela xianyouensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

GANTHELA XIANYOUENSIS XU, KUNTNER & CHEN SP. NOV. ( FIG. 8 View Figure 8 )

Holotype

Female (XUX-2013-153), Qingfengge , Dongshi Village , Yuanzhuang Town , Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province, China; 25.24°N, 118.70°E, 336 m a.s.l., 10 July 2013; collected by F.X. Liu, X. Xu, and Z. T. Zhang. GoogleMaps

Paratypes

Two females (XUX-2013-153/154) collected at the same locality, 10 July 2013; collected by F.X. Liu, X. Xu, and Z. T. Zhang. No male found.

Etymology

‘Xianyou’ refers to the type locality of this species.

Diagnosis

Females of G. xianyouensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Ganthela species by details of

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the genitalia, with very short but slender genital stalks ( Fig. 8B, C View Figure 8 ). Ganthela xianyouensis sp. nov. further differs from all other Ganthela species by the following unique nucleotide substitutions in the standard DNA barcode alignment: G (96), G (146), C (277), C (314), T (338), C (393), C (428), and T (572).

Description

Female (holotype) ( Fig. 8A View Figure 8 ). Carapace and opisthosoma light brown; tergites dark brown; sternum narrow, length more or less twice of width; a few long pointed hairs running over ocular mound in a longitudinal row; chelicerae robust, with promargin of cheliceral groove with 11 or 12 strong denticles of variable size; legs with strong hairs and spines; opisthosoma with 12 tergites, with tergites 2–6 larger than others, and with tergite 4 being largest; seven spinnerets. Measurements: BL 13.60 , CL 6.10 , CW 4.96 , OL 6.56 , and OW 5.45 ; ALE > PLE >

PME > AME; palp 9.48 (3.26 + 1.66 + 2.06 + 2.50), leg I 11.58 (3.72 + 1.92 + 2.15 + 2.32 + 1.47), leg II 11.45 (3.64 + 1.93 + 2.05 + 2.25 + 1.58), leg III 12.58 (3.55 + 2.10 + 2.10 + 3.00 + 1.83), and leg IV 17.53 (4.88 + 2.25 + 3.15 + 4.55 + 2.70).

Female genitalia

The posterior part of genital area rectangular ( Fig. 8B, C View Figure 8 ), with a pair of receptacular clusters close to each other, and with very short but slender genital stalks ( Fig. 8B, C View Figure 8 ).

Distribution

Fujian (Putian) Province, China.